2018 Baseball Roster
Lord, Austin
Jersey Number 9
Austin Lord
- Position:
- Pitcher (L)
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Toccoa, Ga.
- High School:
- Stephens County HS
Bio
Season-by-Season
2018
High School
2018
- Went 1-0 over 4.0 innings pitched in six appearances as a redshirt senior
- Logged three strikeouts on the season & tallied a 9.00 ERA
- Earned the lone win with one scoreless inning at Florida A&M (March 27)
- Tossed one hitless inning with two strikeouts vs. Alcorn State (May 12)
- Redshirted after undergoing Tommy John Surgery in the offseason
- One of Mercer's top arms out of the bullpen as a junior
- Ranked 22nd nationally and fifth in the SoCon in appearances (33)
- Posted 5-1 record, 4.26 ERA over 38.0 innings pitched
- Struck out 36 batters and owned a 4.0 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Held opponents to .257 batting average
- Led team with four saves
- Allowed only one run over final 11 appearances
- Went season-long 4.2 innings at Georgia (2/24), striking out four
- Picked up fifth win of the season against Western Carolina in SoCon Championship semifinals (5/28)
- Served as lefty specialist out of the bullpen during sophomore campaign
- Ranked fourth on team with 26 appearances
- Struck out 22 batters in 22.1 innings of work
- Owned 0-1 record with 5.64 ERA
- Posted 3.7 strikeout-to-walk ratio
- Did not allow one run over final seven appearances
- Tossed season-best 2.2 scoreless innings in win over ETSU (3/21)
- Finished fourth on the team with 21 appearances as a freshman
- Made two starts on the year
- Posted 2-1 record and 4.15 ERA
- Struck out 14 batters in 21.2 innings
- Held opponents to .264 batting average
- Limited left-handed batters to team-best .212 average
- Threw seven shutout innings en route to win in his collegiate debut, a 5-0 victory over Butler (3/12)
High School
- Earned two varsity letters in two years at Stephens County High School under head coach Ronnie Royston
- Was named the Region 8-AAAA Pitcher of the Year and voted onto the 8-AAAA All-Region team after recording an 11-2 record, 1.90 ERA and 71 strikeouts as a senior
- Helped lead Stephens County to a Co-Region Championship as a senior
- Son of Tim and Beth Lord
- Has two brothers, Ethan and Evan
- Born on October 26, 1994 in Toccoa, Ga.
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